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August 31, 2026 2:32 PM

Google Maps now show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’

Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement. Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, part of an escalating trade feud with Canada that has prompted the two countries to impose reciprocal tariffs on billions of dollars in goods. The president's order affects the U.S. Geographic Names Information ...

August 28, 2026 12:03 AM

Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, a change he said would take effect immediately. A White House aide said the order directs the Department of the Interior and Secretary Doug Burgum to make the change. One of the five Great Lakes of North America, Lake Ontario borders both the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office did not immediately respond to a request ...

August 25, 2026 7:58 PM

Trump threatens to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America amid Canada trade war

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as a trade war between the United States and Canada escalates. “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. One of the five Great Lakes of North America, Lake Ontario borders both the Canadian prov...